Analyzing the Film "To Kill a Mockingbird

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A Mockingbird’s Freedom: A Theoretical Discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird

Film Summary: About To Kill a Mockingbird

Released December 25, 1962Directed by Robert MulliganMade $13,129,846Atticus, Scout and JemRacism False AccusationInjusticeInnocenceMethod: Theoretical Lenses Influenced by Marxism and Michael FoucaultAnalyzes literature through historical contentReason in society for creation

Ex. Getting the GirlTheory: ArchetypesView character through personality traits and character motivation

Character follows typical pattern seen in various movie scenesIntroduction: Theoretical Lenses in To Kill a Mockingbird

Many theoretical lenses viewed

New Historicism: Societal fear of transition from segregation to integration

Tropes: Expectedness and comfort

Archetypes: Character traits Theory: New Historicism Theory: Ideological State ApparatusesTheory: Conspicuous ConsumptionTheory: The Concept of Angst and DreadIntroduction: Theoretical Lenses in To Kill a Mockingbird

Mechanics Michael Delahoyde, in his article "New Historicism," discusses how the history of the time period provides the meaning of the text in relation to New Historicism: "New Historicism seeks to find a meaning in a text by considering the work within the framework of the prevailing ideas and assumptions of its historical era."Analysis: New Historicism of To Kill a Mockingbird

Societal fear of segregation to integration Shift to new order of equality Equal distribution of powerAccording to the article "Tropes," a writer relies on an audience's ability to understand tropes based on the assumption that the audience has already seen the scene: "Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations."

Analysis: Archetypes in To Kill a Mockingbird

In 2012, in an issue of Anthropology of Consciousness, Charles D. Laughlin and Vincenza A. Tiberia discuss how archetypes produce set ideas in society: “The archetypes produce such distinctive and universal motifs as the incest taboo, the unity of opposites, the King, the Goddess, the Hero, shape-shifting spirits, and so on.” According to the article “Archetypal Character,” a character archetype describes a character with personality and traits that appear in multiple films: “An Archetypal Character is a character who appears over and over in legends far and wide, even in cultures that have shut themselves off from the world.”Analysis: Ideological State Apparatuses in To Kill a Mockingbird

According to the article, “Ideological State Apparatus,” an Ideological State Apparatus represents the way different organizations promote economic or political ideas of ideals: “In a highly influential essay, Althusser identified the ‘Ideological State Apparatus’ as the method by which organizations propagate ideology.”Analysis: Conspicuous Consumption in To Kill a Mockingbird According to the article “Conspicuous Consumption,” people consume conspicuously in order to display to society a sense of superiority or status: “Consumption is used as a way to gain and signal status.” Analysis: The Concept of Dread and Angst in To Kill a Mockingbird

According to the article “Angst,” the feeling of dread can occur due to a person’s fear of freedom: “While Kierkegaard’s feeling of angst is fear of actual responsibility to God, in modern use, angst is broadened to include general frustration associated with the conflict between actual responsibilities to self, one’s principles and others (possibly including God).”Literary DevicesMechanics Works Cited “Angst.” Jahsonic. NG Communications, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2015.